Mogie Crocker

Denton Winslow "Mogie" Crocker Jr. (3 June 1947-4 June 1966) was a US Army private first class who was killed in action during the Vietnam War.

Biography
Denton Winslow Crocker Jr. was born in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York in 1947, the son of a college professor; he was nicknamed "Mogie" by his parents due to his father's thought that he would be the mogul (king) of their lives. He grew up in college towns such as Ithaca, Amherst, and ultimately Saratoga Springs as his father moved around to new jobs, and he was an avid history lover who kept a journal of his thoughts. He was a staunch opponent of anti-communism and a supporter of John F. Kennedy's exhortation for Americans to ask not what their country could do for them, but ask what they could do for their country. Inspired by the St. Crispin's Day speech from the play Henry V, Crocker joined the US Army and began his tour in Vietnam on 8 October 1965. He was killed in action while leading an assault on a Viet Cong position at Dak To in Kontum Province, South Vietnam in 1966.